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Sport and Spectacle Two: Late Bronze Age Minoans, Hittites, and Myceneans

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A #classics quiz to check reading comprehension of Chapter Two of Kyle's #SportandSpectacle.

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1
What is likely the only "formal" sport competition held in post-palatial Mycenae?
archery contests
chariot races
bull leaps
stone throwing contests
2
What palace-complex was the center for ancient bull sports?
Knossos
Hattusas
Tanagra
Mycenae
3
Which mythic hero is said to have slain the Minotaur?
Theseus
Hercules
Perseus
Cadmus
4
What prize(?) was seized by the winner of a footrace during the Hittite Atashsum-festival?
sheep-crook
ass-bridle
ox-turn
horse-whip
5
On what object do we encounter a depiction of Minoan boxers?
black steatite libation rhyton
golden spiral fibula
cockle shell aryballos
limestone voting ostrakon